[lazide]

many adults have experienced the same. or say they have, in my experience. as to if it’s denial vs reality? good luck untangling the biases in any attempt to figure that out!

‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ vs a world with a large segment of mental disorders basically resulting from someone having an existential need for something to not be broken (and no tools or time/resources to fix it).

[colechristensen]

It’s a sort of placebo effect. Diagnosing someone can create or amplify the effects of the diagnosis.

[kelseyfrog]

Any treatment has iatrogenic potential, even therapy.

The commonly accepted rate of iatrogenic harm from therapy is 5%[1]. The six listed mechanisms don't involve diagnosis.

1. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/the-british-journal-...